Queen Margrethe II of Denmark, 83 years old, has surprisingly announced that she will abdicate. The queen made the announcement in her end-of-year speech. She will formally abdicate in favor of her eldest son, Crown Prince Frederik, who will assume the name of Frederik X, on January 14, 2024: at that time 52 exact years will have passed since her ascension to the throne in 1972.
Margrethe II of Denmark (Margrethe Alexandrine Þórhildur Ingrid) was born in Copenhagen on April 16, 1940: she is the eldest daughter of King Frederick IX and Queen Ingrid.
In 1967 she married Henri de Laborde de Monpezat: from the marriage two sons were born, the Crown Prince Frederik (in 1968) and Prince Joachim (1969). She has been a widow since February 13, 2018. Her husband died in 1972 and Margrethe succeeded him as Queen of Denmark, becoming the first Danish queen since the times of Margrethe I (1375-1412).
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